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Nature of Law
1. Assume that the U.S. Congress has passed a federal statute that is in conflict with a Wisconsin state constitutional provision. The state of Wisconsin argues that the constitutional provision should prevail over the statute because constitutions are a higher, more authoritative kind of law than statutes. Is this argument correct? Why or why not?
2. A certain state passes a "three strikes" felony statute declaring that any person who is convicted of three separate felonies will receive a lifetime prison sentence without possibility of parole. Would this statute be classified as criminal or civil? Why? Would this statute be classified as substantive or procedural? Why?